1 Samuel 22:17 · JPS 1917
And the king said unto the guard that stood about him: 'Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.' But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
Who acts: king, guard, hand, servants · What happens: say, stand, turn, slay, be, know · To what, where: priests, hand, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 22:17 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, guard, hand, servants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 guard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guard | det |
| 7 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 stood | nsubj |
| 9 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 guard | acl:relcl |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stood | obl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 Turn | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 Turn | punct |
| 14 | Turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 slay | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 slay | cc |
| 17 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Turn | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 priests | det |
| 19 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 slay | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 LORD | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 LORD | det |
| 22 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 priests | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 David | punct |
| 24 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 30 David | mark |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 hand | nmod:poss |
| 26 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 David | nsubj |
| 27 | also | also | ADV | _ | 30 David | advmod |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 David | cop |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 David | case |
| 30 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Turn | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 knew | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 knew | cc |
| 33 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 35 knew | mark |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 knew | nsubj |
| 35 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 David | conj |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 fled | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 fled | nsubj |
| 38 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 knew | ccomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 disclose | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 disclose | cc |
| 41 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 disclose | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 disclose | advmod |
| 43 | disclose | disclose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 fled | conj |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 disclose | obj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 me | case |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 disclose | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 49 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 57 put | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 servants | det |
| 51 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 put | nsubj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 king | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 king | det |
| 54 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 servants | nmod |
| 55 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 put | aux |
| 56 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 57 put | advmod |
| 57 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | conj |
| 58 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 57 put | advmod |
| 59 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 hand | nmod:poss |
| 60 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 put | obj |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 fall | mark |
| 62 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 put | advcl |
| 63 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 65 priests | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 priests | det |
| 65 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 fall | obl |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 LORD | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 LORD | det |
| 68 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 priests | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
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- voice
- character
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- teacher
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | unto the guard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | the guard | about king | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location | ||||
| 3 | turn | infinitive | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | slay | infinitive | the priests of the LORD | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Patient | |||||
| 5 | is | present | servants's hand | with David | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | know | past | servants = servant | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | flee | past | king | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | not disclose | past · do-support | king not said here | hand | me | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to i=Recipient | |||
| 9 | not put | would | the servants of the king | servants's hand | forth property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | |||
| 10 | fall | to-infinitive | the servants of the king not said here | the priests of the LORD | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon priest=Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The Hebrew of this verse
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לָרָצִים֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים עָלָ֜יו סֹ֥בּוּ וְהָמִ֣יתוּ ׀ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד וְכִ֤י יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא וְלֹ֥א גָל֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם לִפְגֹ֖עַ בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס
1 Samuel 22:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:653 of Mova's parse database.
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